SMU at Missouri

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 61

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  COLUMBIA. Mo-, Oct. 9.-The Mustangs of Southern Methodist University, hitting hard up the middle and calling on Duane Nuts steady pitching arm in the clutches, scored a touchdown a quarter for a 25–⁠6 victory over Missouri’s sputtering Tigers today. Rebounding from a 10–⁠7 open ing game loss to Georgia Tech last week. Southern Methodist scored its first touchdown late in the first period after a partially blocked punt had given the Mus tangs the ball on their own 40. Blake Tucker scored from the 2-foot mark on the eighth play. The Mustangs second score came after a 95-yard drive with

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SMU leads 13–⁠8–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.